I still have not yet bit the bullet and replaced my stove. Until then I have been trying to get the gaskets fixed and have problems. Any advice is appreciated.
The NJ local Vermont Casting store guy is too busy (end of year) to visit my home, but I took the stove doors to him for new gaskets. It is a Defiant VC - 1984 or so.
He installed new gaskets but they were a problem, and the door would not close. The door openings have a narrow rim around them that sticks up and hits the gasket in the middle. I showed him a photo of the stove and he was surprised to see a rim around the door openings. It is an old, old stove. So some days later he then put in a narrower gasket. I took the doors home and the hinge side is very, very tight and, if I really push the door, I can get it to latch closed, but the latch side of the door does not come in contact with the body of the stove as the hinge side is so tight, so there is not a tight seal.
I called my chimney sweep hoping he could visit and figure it out. He says it would be worthless for him to visit as he would say the same thing that he says on the phone - my door is warped. This is bizarre as for years he has said my stove is great, as well as he never mentioned the gaskets needed replacing after 20 years of annual cleanings. It showed up in an energy audit and a dollar bill in the door in spots is so loose there was no contact. He also said there are only two types of gaskets for the VC old defiant, and if it is not working there is nothing he can do about that. I asked him to show up (I offered a paid service call) but he will not. His analysis sounds like total garbage to me as the door closed before this, as the store guy also points out when I went back to him.
I have the store guy saying he would visit after the new year. But what do you think about all this gasket not working stuff?
The NJ local Vermont Casting store guy is too busy (end of year) to visit my home, but I took the stove doors to him for new gaskets. It is a Defiant VC - 1984 or so.
He installed new gaskets but they were a problem, and the door would not close. The door openings have a narrow rim around them that sticks up and hits the gasket in the middle. I showed him a photo of the stove and he was surprised to see a rim around the door openings. It is an old, old stove. So some days later he then put in a narrower gasket. I took the doors home and the hinge side is very, very tight and, if I really push the door, I can get it to latch closed, but the latch side of the door does not come in contact with the body of the stove as the hinge side is so tight, so there is not a tight seal.
I called my chimney sweep hoping he could visit and figure it out. He says it would be worthless for him to visit as he would say the same thing that he says on the phone - my door is warped. This is bizarre as for years he has said my stove is great, as well as he never mentioned the gaskets needed replacing after 20 years of annual cleanings. It showed up in an energy audit and a dollar bill in the door in spots is so loose there was no contact. He also said there are only two types of gaskets for the VC old defiant, and if it is not working there is nothing he can do about that. I asked him to show up (I offered a paid service call) but he will not. His analysis sounds like total garbage to me as the door closed before this, as the store guy also points out when I went back to him.
I have the store guy saying he would visit after the new year. But what do you think about all this gasket not working stuff?